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Middleish
by Middleish
A podcast about moderation in all things. Join your hosts, Erin Green and Michael Gray for weekly expert insight into various topics on health, diet, fitness and life.
Episodes
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Middleish: Episode 119 - Until Next Time...
Reliving some of our favorite moments as we update our beloved listeners on the next chapter.
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Middleish: Episode 118 - The Easier the Better?
If you’re a longtime Middleish follower you’ll know that we loathe the idea of making things hard on yourself simply because that’s the message presented by the health world. Do more. Go bigger. Commit or quit. All or none. These concepts make change hard. And we’re all about finding ways to make...
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Middleish: Episode 117 - Holiday Edition: Two Truths and a Lie
Here we go with the holiday hubbub that promises to keep you on track with your diet and health. It happens every year: well-meaning advice from others around how to avoid overeating, how to stick to your "diet" and how to stave off holiday weight gain comes at us full-force. In this episode, we...
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Middleish: Episode 116 - Rest in Order to Work
In today's hustle culture, we often associate the need for rest with laziness and apathy. Despite signs that the grind is unsustainable, we keep pushing, seeking more productivity and trying to keep up with (or outdo) our peers. What if we looked at this another way? Consider the idea that we…
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Middleish: Episode 115 - Metabolism Mini-Pod
We’re wrapping up on month on metabolism this week with a mini-pod to drive the message home: your metabolism isn’t “broken” or “bad” and you needn’t micromanage it in order for it to function. Free yourself from the burden of trying to hack your metabolism to death. We break down the…
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Middleish: Episode 114 - Metabolism: The Good, the Bad, and the Hungry
The diet and fitness industry is obsessed with metabolism. It can be optimized! Hacked! Kick-started! Maximized! With all the hype and buzzwords, it’s easy to get seduced into thinking metabolism is something to manage and monitor in every waking moment. We first discussed metabolism and its…
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Middleish: Episode 113 - Is FOMO Causing You To Miss Out?
It's hard not to notice all the cool things other people are doing, seemingly living a life above and beyond your own. Social media is a constant highlight reel, and we've all had that friend one-up our chill weekend recap with some epic adventure. FOMO is real. What if what you're missing out on...
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Middleish: Episode 112 - The Truth About School Lunch with Brenda Wattles
It's back-to-school time and we've nailed the vibe with this month's topic: school meals. In keeping with the theme of food fears parents have for their children, school meals trend toward the top of the list of nebulous anxieties. Rumors fly about how "processed" the foods are and how they're...
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Middleish: Episode 111 - Fear Factor for Kids (Mini Pod)
If we didn't present a strong enough case against the use of fear in childhood nutrition in our full-length episode, let's just make sure we got our point across. First of all, we hear you parents who are concerned about your child's nutrition and health. We see the messaging around food and...
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Middleish: Episode 110 - Fear Factor-Kid's Edition
It's back! Our previous review of misguided fear-mongering health messages was so popular for you (and so cathartic for us) that we decided to do a sequel. This time, we're looking specifically at the most deplorable of the Fear Factor scum: those who prey on parents of young children. With a…
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Middleish: Episode 109 - Body Image with Dr. Mary Pritchard
This episode is for everyone who has a body. We have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Mary Pritchard, a psychology professor and body image researcher at Boise State University. Dr. Pritchard has dedicated her work to understanding and combatting skewed body ideals, particularly in athletes, and...
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Middleish: Episode 108 - Disordered Eating Cont.
This mini-pod takes a closer look at somer personality traits and temperament correlations with eating disorders. Since eating disorders are psychological illnesses at their core, the way we think and approach life are the drivers behind the behavior. NOTE: We are not psychologists and these...
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Middleish: Episode 107 - Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating (Yes, there is a difference)
We've had several conversations on the podcast about harmful eating patterns and body image concerns. We've mentioned that diet mentality is akin to disordered eating, but haven't really delved into what it means to have an Eating Disorder (ED). EDs are diagnosed by a specific set of criteria…
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Middleish: Episode 106 - Five Reasons Why You Hate Your Workout
Call it exercise, training, movement, working out...sometimes it just isn't all music and rainbows. It takes effort, time management, discipline and creativity to stick to a physical activity routine. But what happens when you truly loathe working out? What's behind the disinterest and "meh"...
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Middleish: Episode 105 - 10 Processed "Superfoods"
OK, we really dislike the term "superfoods" (listen to the pod for the reasons) but since the term resonates with health-conscious individuals, we're running with it! And if you think a "superfood" can't be processed...think again! In this episode we provide 10 examples of foods that have a wide...
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Middleish: Episode 104 - Fear Factor
Ever notice how influencers tend to gravitate toward fear mongering as a motivational tactic? Have you watched a video and felt a sense of dread, panic, shock or anxiety based on the message being presented? In this episode, we break down how fear is used by the health and fitness industry in...
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Mini-Pod Episode 103: How's your ReVolution going?
We're a few weeks into 2023 and history tells us that by now many New Year's Resolutions have lost their luster. If you're one of those who have already thrown in the towel, you need to listen to this discussion. Still going strong with your New Year goals? High Five! You'll still benefit from…
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Middleish: Episode 102 - New Year's ReVolution
It's resolution time! While some people get super psyched for a fresh start, others might be filled with anxiety around choosing a goal for 2023. It can feel overwhelming to approach an entire year with the pressure of bringing forward your best you. While we're fans of the best version of you,...
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Middleish: Episode 101 - 5 Phrases to Use This Holiday Season
As we find ourselves heading into the thick of the holiday season, many people are asking us how to navigate it in a way that doesn't feel like they're on a runaway train. Parties, wrapping up work projects, family visits, shopping, volunteering, church activities and various holiday festivities...
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Middleish: Episode 100 - Best Things Everrrrr
Time to lighten things up a bit! We love interviewing each other once in a while and we thought the perfect subject matter would be talking about some of our favorite things. We styled this after the popular game "Table Topics" and withheld some of our questions as a surprise reveal during...
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Middleish Mini-Pod - Find the "perfect" diet...for you
Wrapping up this month's topic addressing society's obsession with the "perfect" diet. We've got a few examples of how you can explore the best eating pattern for you while disregarding all the noise in the diet and fitness industry that you're doing it wrong. You're not! Spoiler: If you're doing...
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Middleish: Episode 98 - Chasing the Perfect Diet
Does the perfect diet exist? Honestly...yes and no. The answer is nuanced (so Middleish of us!) Fundamentally speaking, there are a key set of nutritional principles that are strongly associated with positive health outcomes. Most diets, even the faddest of the fad diets, tend to embrace these...
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Middleish: Episode 97 - A Case for Middleish
We've been doing this Middleish thing for well over two years now. And both of us have believed in the concept of Middleish long before we started this podcast. All of our work and conversations over the past couple years have only deepened our stance that there's some real magic in the middle.…
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Middleish Mini-Pod: Episode 96
We're trying something new! This mini-episode is a continuation of our discussion around health and fitness experts being wrong. Our humorous review of misguided old health recommendations was so well-received we thought we'd bring you more. Enjoy this entertaining look at how celebrity...
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Middleish- Episode 95: When Experts Are Wrong
How many times have you clicked on an eye-catching article and found that the messaging therein is remarkably different from what you thought you knew about nutrition or health? In today's maelstrom of online information it's probably becoming more and more frequent. It can feel impossible to…
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Middleish: Episode 94 - Expect the Unexpected
You've finally gotten some momentum with a workout routine, then your kid gets sick and you can't get to the gym for a week. Food prep is ticking along great and then you get invited to various spontaneous lunch meetings over the next several days. A great job opportunity has emerged and you'll…
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Middleish: Episode 93 - Body Kindness and Seeking Your Best You
We've talked about body kindness on the podcast before (way back on episode 8) and since then we've seen an emerging argument against practicing self-acceptance and self-kindness. "But if I'm kind to myself doesn't that mean I'll give up on my health goals? I'm not ready to simply accept my body...
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Middleish Mini Pod - One simple thing to build a new habit
We've been talking about habits all month and hopefully the ideas have been helpful for you. Now it's time to put this information to task. We all have habits we'd like to change, or habits that are really helpful and we have no idea how they came to be. Today's mini pod gives you…
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Middleish: Episode 91 - Old Habits
Oh how we love a double entendre! Old habits refers to the fact that one of our very first podcast episodes was on this very topic. In fact, it was the first topic we really dove into on Middleish. While that episode now feels relatively “old” to us, this subject is something worth revisiting and...
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Middleish: Episode 90 - Your Weight Is Not Your Health
We've touched on this topic several times before and decided it's high time we devoted an entire episode to this health fallacy. Repeat after me: my weight is not my health. In an industry so laden with numbers and "facts" it can be downright impossible to decipher what health actually means. How...
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Middleish: Episode 89 - Heart Health with Dr. Spencer Nadolsky
February is American Heart Month! Oh, wait, it's March already?? We might be a bit late on this topic but it's never too late for you to take steps toward protecting your heart and long term health. And we've got an expert to help us do just that! Over a year has passed since we first had Dr....
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Middleish: Episode 88 - The Lies of Diet Culture
If you're paying attention in the nutrition space you've probably heard the term "diet culture." We see this phrase thrown around a lot and realize that not everyone fully understands what it is and how it impacts our lives. This discussion is to provide definition and context to diet culture. We...
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Middleish: Episode 87 - Fast Food Finesse
We recently had a listener request to delve into the world of fast food. This episode is not what you might be expecting from two health professionals. Let's start by reliving some of our very own favorites (that's right, we enjoy fast food too!) Beyond fantasizing about our perfect fast food...
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Middleish: Episode 86 - Majoring in the Minor
When we first put this topic in our calendar, I (Erin) assumed we would approach it from the perspective of focusing on the small, consistent steps that lead to big-picture changes. After all, this measured approach to lifestyle changes is part of our schtick! Wow, did this conversation provide…
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Middleish: Episode 85 - Emotional Eating
The phrase "emotional eating" is often laden with negative connotation. We're encouraged to "stop" emotional eating or "combat" emotional eating, which might seem like the right approach on the surface but we don't think that's the best approach. Rather, we present the case that emotional eating…
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Middleish: Episode 84 - Hey adults, the kids are watching.
Why is it that we adults tend to guide children to do things we are not necessarily willing to do ourselves? "Eat your veggies," or "Be nice to your sister," or "Turn that off and go outside and play." Even though we know that modeling behavior for children is the most powerful teaching tool…
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Middleish: Episode 83 - Five Things Guaranteed To Make Your New Year Great
The New Year is a time for a fresh start, setting goals and reflecting on where we are in our lives. We often see New Year's resolutions around health, fitness and diet...yet these resolutions tend not to stick. Why is that? There are key ingredients missing in many people's resolutions. We…
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Middleish: Episode 82- Training Strong Women
Our guest this week, Mark Breedon, operates under the Instagram handle @training.strong.women. After following his social channel and hearing a few of his podcast episodes, we knew he’d be a perfect fit for a Middleish conversation. Hear how Mark came to work in the space of body positivity,...
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Middleish: Episode 81 - The Joy of Movement
What is the difference between structured exercise and joyful movement? Can they coexist? Do you have a balance of both in your life? We explore these questions and more in this episode. Between Erin's background as a highly trained athlete and Michael's specialization in physical training, it's...
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Middleish: Episode 80 - Get Psyched for Performance!
We have a guest this week! Cody Sohn is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant who works as an Assistant Track and Field and Cross-Country coach at Boise State University. With such a unique range of experience (she's worked with the military community, athletes of all abilities and even some...
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Middleish: Episode 79 - Getting Out of Your Own Head
How do you handle it when thoughts become unhelpful? No matter how positive you are, it's likely that you've been hijacked by some downer diatribe in your own mind at some point. It can be hard to find your way out of the tangle, and we see you. In this episode, we explore several techniques and...
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Middleish: Episode 78 - Forever Young
We are firm believers that people don’t slow down because they age, they age because they slow down. Those Golden Years are inevitable and it’s best to embrace the changes in our bodies rather than lament them. In this discussion, we examine considerations for fitness and nutrition as we grow...
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Middleish: Episode 77 - Industry Buzzwords That Need to Die
Many of the terms we hear in the fitness and nutrition industry are trendy, often made-up words intended to catch your attention and create media buzz. Unfortunately, these buzzwords catch fire even without clear definitions or agreement from industry experts. A few examples of grating terms that...
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Middleish: Episode 76 - Super(fluous) Supplements
A listener question about pre-workout supplements inspired this episode. That and the fact that we both get asked about various supplements all the time. Which ones are best? What do we recommend? What about [insert latest over-marketed miracle product here]? While we can’t possibly cover every...
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Middleish: Episode 75 - Keto Diets
We know you've been holding your breath for this one! After much teasing and dabbling on the topic, we've finally put together an entire episode devoted to ketogenic diets. We use the term "diets" (plural) because as you'll hear there are wide variations in what many believe constitutes a...
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Middleish: Episode 74 - Leaning Into Discomfort
How do you respond when confronted with an uncomfortable situation? Do you deflect and pivot to something more familiar? Ever seen it coming and decided ahead of time what the outcome will be, so you preemptively give up? Perhaps you're not even aware you do any of these things. In our work with...
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Middleish: Episode 73 - Growing Healthy Teens
Teenagers are a unique group. They're not adults making fully autonomous decisions for themselves, yet they crave freedom. When it comes to food, this is a major concern for parents because their child (yes, they're still growing!) needs more than they realize. All teenagers are at risk for of...
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Middleish Episode 72: Making Conversations Less Boring with Brian Fretwell
This week, we are fortunate to have our friend Brian Fretwell on the podcast to give us an update on some really cool work that he's doing. Brian first joined us in July of 2020 for Episode 7. His intriguing work in neuroscience, social behaviors and communication gave us plenty to think about in...
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Middleish: Episode 71 - Nutrient Timing for Exercise (and beyond!)
Intermittent fasting! Don't eat past a certain time! Eat fat/fiber/protein before starchy carbs! Avoid sugar at all costs! People have a lot to say about what foods should be eaten at what times and when people should avoid eating. Let's just start with saying rule number one is "honor thy…
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Middleish: Episode 70 - Whole Grains FTW!
Nutrition recommendations tout the benefits of whole grains and encourage us to eat more of them. Sounds simple enough. Yet confusion abounds as to how to identify a whole grain product, why whole grains are beneficial and if carbs in general are really healthy for us. Let's dig in! We've got...
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A podcast about moderation in all things. Join your hosts, Erin Green and Michael Gray for weekly expert insight into various topics on health, diet, fitness and life.
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